battalion
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Troops in Stupnikov’s battalion were instructed to surrender their phones for inspection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The commander of one battalion is offering troops who sign up for more years of service four days off for the November 19 launch of the highly anticipated video game.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
After the Redlands deputy police chief, the second-highest-paid employee in 2025 was a Los Angeles Fire Department battalion chief, followed by a transmission and distribution supervisor with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Pentagon has also halted the deployment of an Army battalion equipped with long-range missiles in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
King George sending a fully armed battalion to remind the colonists of his love as Enchantress Eva predicts tragedy for a ragtag group of wizards.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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The adversary forces were “able to eliminate two battalions in a day,” so that “in an exercise sense, basically, they were not able to fight anymore after that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
A nearby truck housed the operations team, which served as an intermediary for radio communications between the command post and fire battalions battling the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
The remaining two battalions were operating at a “medium level,” the military said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
It subsequently scaled down combat operations across northern Gaza, declaring that Hamas’s local battalions had been dismantled.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
Hark, the wild wandering lines in black battalions, Heaven’s horns and hunters, dawn-bright hounds and stallions.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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